The Fifth Column

So, if you read the conservative political class today, they tell us we don't have much to worry about. The US is still center-right. E...

Given events, I have decided to put CultureWarNotes.com up for sale. Anyone interested in purchasing that domain, please contact me at stev...

Wearing my various hats, in addition to running Bridegroom Press and Best Catholic Posters , I am an adjunct professor in math, history and...

Just Kidding! Actually, all whites are going to hell. A long-time black civil rights activist said, so it must be true. Now, obviously,...

God bless Pope Benedict XVI. He's really trying to promote indulgences. Even put out a brand new plenary indulgence for the Year of F...

A Cardinal has apparently gotten into trouble by showing a YouTube video to an international synod of bishops. The video was entitled Musli...

What kind of social event are you attending? Listen to the dinner conversation. If the host is being complimented on the the excellence of t...

1) How Obama Prepared in the Middle East DER SPIEGEL: 'Obama's Middle East Policy is in Ruins'... Prof. Jacobson: Obama’s G...

Well, the title isn't entirely correct, since it isn't technically Labor Day today. But it is close enough for horseshoes, hand gran...

Mitt Romney's sister  says he won't touch legal abortion.  What a shock.  And stuff.  After all,  Mitt's own grand...

  The 1983 Code of Canon Law  says a 14-year old girl, a 16-year old boy, is old enough to marry.  Marriage has three purposes:   1) cre...

Must children always obey their parents? Saint Alexis did not. He refused a marriage his parents had arranged. Saint Catherine of Siena...

“ It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare,” Mr. Akin said of pregnancies from rape. “If it’s a legitimate ...

Republican Todd Akins is in trouble for saying that a woman is less likely to get pregnant as a result of rape then she is at other times o...

When Christians see the Alfred Hitchcock thriller, " I Confess ", they generally have one of two reactions: either they nod in agr...

Some woman was lamenting the death of chivalry . She thought women had a right to chivalry, a right to be treated well. She lamented the f...